Military victory elevated the army to ultimate political arbiter in Algeria

Evidence

If the pieds noirs had shown they could sway Paris following Mollet’s disastrous visit in February 1956, here now was a new factor; the army as ultimate arbiter. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 685

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the domino logic from pied noir sway in 1956 to army ascendancy in 1957, connecting to the reader’s pursuit of the peace concept being fought back. — connects to: The army viewed any negotiated ceasefire as toppling its war effort in Algeria; Algeria’s post-independence regime was captured by its wartime armed wing.; Winning militarily while losing politically doomed the French army in Algeria (+11 more)

Related

• Algeria’s 1959 campaign rehearsed the Ludendorff pattern of battlefield success and strategic failure (similarity 0.89)
• Winning militarily while losing politically doomed the French army in Algeria (similarity 0.88)
• The French army in Algeria transformed from clumsy to effective by 1956 (similarity 0.88)
• The French army won militarily while losing the political and world battle (similarity 0.87)
• The army viewed any negotiated ceasefire as toppling its war effort in Algeria (similarity 0.87)
• By 1956 the French army’s overriding aim became political, pushing Algérie française. (similarity 0.85)
• Military pacification ended and politics dominated as the war wound down (similarity 0.85)
• Algeria’s post-independence regime was captured by its wartime armed wing. (similarity 0.85)
• Military commanders seized power in both Algeria and France at the same moment (similarity 0.85)
• Military success on the battlefield coexisted with a sense that political betrayal was imminent. (similarity 0.84)
• France’s Algerian military dominance coexisted with its political weakness at home (similarity 0.84)
• Mollet’s political-warfare policies propelled the French army into politics. (similarity 0.84)
• The FLN won self-determination just when it faced military defeat (similarity 0.83)
• The F.L.N. won the decisive political round just as the army defeated it militarily (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle sought army success to reconcile it to Algerian independence (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Defeat in Algeria paradoxically produced a stronger France #complicates (0.55)
• De Gaulle’s Algeria offensive aimed partly to distract the army from politics #responds-to (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 952
• De Gaulle sought army success to reconcile it to Algerian independence #contradicts (0.45) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1002